Julie and I hope you enjoy us bringing Jamie Anderson back from the 90s tv series. We threw in a few Easter eggs from Airborne. If you haven't seen it we highly suggest it! Pizza toast!
"The Right Kind Of Love"
Mary Anne placed back and forth worried about Dawn. She knew the police were just questioning her to get information. She knew Nicky wouldn't let anything happen to Dawn. She tried Shannon. Shannon said she would be right over and had just the thing to distract Mary Anne. Mona was also at home, but Mary Anne knew she needed someone that had known her for a very long time.
Shannon arrived with a gigantic bag full of things.
"What is all this?" Mary Anne asked.
"I thought we could look at magazines and things to get ideas on getting decorations and things together for the Cultures Across America Rotary Club party. You know I'm on the committee and if you volunteer your help it will speak very highly of you for being sites into a meaningful position in the club."
"Oh, good idea! So the theme is cultured. Do you know which places the visitors will be coming from?"
"I know one of them is 22 years old Zuni from New Mexico. A boy I think."
Mary Anne immediately took out a pad and paper and started writing things down. Shannon gave her a Look.
" what? I can't help it. It's like second nature to me now. I was the secretary for the Babysitter's Club."
"I know and you will be perfect."
Shannon looked down at her phone for the rest of the information.
"A 45-year-old woman from Xalapa, Mexico, a 32-year-old woman from Quebec, Canada, and an 18-year-old boy from Paris, France."
Mary Anne carefully wrote the information down.
"Let's start with the Zuni culture. Dawn and Karen can help us with that one. The kids had Zuni pen pals when they were little and Dawn organized a massive slumber party for them in 8th grade."
They decided to look up favorite Zuni recipes that included hominy, corn balls, baked beans, soups, and different types of cornbread. The Zuni make pottery and a lot of turquoise jewelry too. Mary Anne and Shannon decided to decorate the Zuni table with turquoise and have Mona follow the homemade recipes. Mary Anne also wrote a few words down in Zuni language and their meanings to print out later on turquoise cards to be at the table for people to take along with a bunch of Zuni tribe flags in various sizes and t-shirts with the Zuni flag on them. Just as they were about to start working on ideas for the table for Mexico Dawn and Logan came walking through the door.
"Is everything ok Dawn?" Mary Anne asked.
"Yes, they just asked me some questions about my family. They had mom there too but they questioned us separately. But Morbidda Destiny was also there. I know her real name is Tabitha Porter but it still surprised me. Nicky said that the police department borrowed him to work on the case from the Stamford Police Department because they aren't used to cases like this and Nicky is familiar with the area. So now we have an insider connection!'
Mary Anne was glad that Dawn was not stressed out about the interrogation. They all talked for a while longer about it and then they all got into planning and making centerpieces for the Cultures of America party. Mary Anne also felt relieved and began to enjoy herself too.
Dawn did her best to keep her busy that day. She just was not ready to think about Morbidda Destiny having the last name of Porter and how she couldn't help but think that her mother was keeping something from her. Dawn had always had a good relationship with her mother but it had become a little strained in recent years due to her moving back to California and her mom becoming a little more conservative after marrying Richard. To be fair, Richard had loosened up a lot after marrying her mom too. But Dawn couldn't halo but hold some resentment toward Richard for how overly protective he was with Mary Anne and her mom not speaking up about it. Mary Anne was still working on becoming his true authentic self and attending therapy to help it along, but Dawn knew it would only do a little bit of good unless Richard and Mary Anne sit down and have a serious talk. But she was afraid Mary Anne would never get the gumption it calls out Richard.
Dawn was surprised when Jamie Anderson sent her a text message that afternoon. Dawn knew she needed to get out and get her mind off everything. In a bold move, she decided to ask him to go bowling with her Mary Anne and Logan that night. She told herself it wasn't a date because it was in a group. But that wasn't going to stop her from dressing up for her non-date!
Dawn picked out a green short-sleeved button-down top that tied at the bottom in the front and a pair of bellbottom jeans with peace signs embroidered on them. She put some silver peace signs in the first holes of her pierced ears and dolphin studs in the second holes. She changed her purse out to a small brown one with fringe hanging down.
She also thought it would be nice to go out with Logan and Mary Anne. She knew Mary Anne and Logan did not go out that much and preferred ordering delivery even though they were going out to charity functions more now. Logan was also excited to be bowling with his old friend Jamie. He hadn't been good friends with him in school, but they were teammates and sports buddies. He was ready for some healthy bowling competition.
Mary Anne knocked on Dawn's door and she answered. " Hey, Dawn I just came in to tell you that Logan is a good bowler. The firm used to have a league but they haven't been doing it lately. And tonight is cosmic bowling night. I wanted to see what you were wearing because once I went to cosmic bowling with Logan's league. I wore this black knit sweater and when I stepped under the black light it picked up the white bra I was wearing underneath. I was terrified! It was in front of some colleagues and clients too. I stayed in the car the rest of the night and drank grape soda and listened to WSTO."
"Oh God Mary Anne! That's crazy! But thanks for the warning. I think I might wear something else that might pick up the black light so no one will know the difference."
Dawn did some rummaging and found a black off-the-shoulder t-shirt with neon pink lipstick lips printed on it. She put that on and changed her earrings out into some orange neon hippy flowers. She was sure the black light would pick them up. Mary Anne had on Logan's old bowling shirt, a BLACK BRA, and jeans. They were going to meet Jamie at the bowling alley. Once everyone was ready they headed out.
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